Attachment for the spouts of railroad water-tanks.



Patehted Jan. 31, 1911.

J. L. LATTIMER. ATTACHMENT FOB. IHB SPOUTS 0F RAILROAD WATER TANKS.APPLICATION IILBDYAPR. 4, 1910.

qwi/t'neowo lilll'lIllliI A 1 1 1 JAMES L. LATTIMER, 0F SABINSVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR THE SPOUTS. OF RAILROAD 'W'ATERTANKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iiatented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed April 1, 1916. Serial No. 553,218.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. Livr'rnini-z, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sabins-ville, in the county of Tioga and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for the Spouts of Railroad ater-Tanks; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for the spouts of railroad watertanks.

The object of the invention is to provide an attaclnnent for spouts ofthis character whereby the same will be held down in engagement with theman-hole of an engine tender while the latter is being filled withwater, thus obviating the necessity of the fireman holding the spout.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion or arailroad water tank, showing my invention applied to the spout; Fig. 2is an enlarged side view of the outer end of the spout, showing theattachment in position thereon; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of.the attachment.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the water tank, 2denotes the spout which is connected at its inner end to the tank or itsframe-work in any suitable manner, said inner end having a looseengagement with the end of the water dis charge pipe of the tank. Thespout is sup ported by the usual or any suitable supporting chains orcables 3 and counterbalancing weights, and is also provided with theusual chain or cable 4 and handle 5, whereby the spout is pulled downinto engagement with the man-hole oi the engine tender.

The form of the attachment as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawingscomprises a bar 6 of suitable width and len 'th, said bar having formedat intervals a series of hooks 7, the purpose of which will behereinafter l l l described. The bar 6 is adapted to be riveted orotherwise secured to the under side 01'' the spout and has its outer endshaped to conform to the shape or curvature of the outer end of thespout. When the bar 6 thus arranged and secured to the spout, the hooks7 depend or project a suitable distance below the lower side of thespout with their ends in position to engage and hook over the flange 8on the upper edge of the man-hole 9 in the tender. hen the spout hasbeen swung down into operative position, and one oi the hooks 7 thusengaged with the flange of the man-hole, the spout will be held fromslipping out of place or swinging upwardly until released, thusobviating the necessity of the spout being held by the fireman while thetender is being filled.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages oi the invention, as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my what I claim is:

1. In a spout ior railroad water tanks, :1 series of hooks secured tothe outer portion oi said spout and adapted to be engaged with theman-hole of an engine tender, whereby the spout is held in positionwhile the tender is being filled.

2. An attachment for the spouts of railroad water tanks comprising a barhaving arranged thereon a series of hooks, means to secure said bar tothe'spout, whereby said hooks are adapted to engage the man-hole of anengine tender when the spout is swung down, thereby holding the spout inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

invention,

JAlilES L. LATTIMER. Witnesses CI-rARLns B. Gnu, G. H. STEBBINS.

